I'm a little concerned Finnegan is gonna get in Roberts' head and get him to retaliate against Finnegan.

Nah, Roberts has never shown he'll fall for that. He's never been called for a personal foul that I know of. Extremely disciplined kid, military school. That's not a worry for me at all.

And I doubt Finnegan's on Roberts much anyway. They're going to play him on Fitz any chance they get.

Doubt it. Finnegan will probably be on your slot WR the most with Bradley Fletcher matched up on Fitz and Janoris Jenkins on Andre Roberts. That's when you guys are in 3 WR sets. In 2 WR sets, he will be on Fitz. But most teams are in 3+ WR sets a higher percentage of the time than they are in 2 or less WR sets._________________

KingBishop wrote:

JammerHammer21 wrote:

Jarvis looked like a slug on and off the field.

Off the field? Like when he is grocery shopping, does he block the freezer aisle with his sluggish selection of which hungry man to buy?

I'm a little concerned Finnegan is gonna get in Roberts' head and get him to retaliate against Finnegan.

Nah, Roberts has never shown he'll fall for that. He's never been called for a personal foul that I know of. Extremely disciplined kid, military school. That's not a worry for me at all.

And I doubt Finnegan's on Roberts much anyway. They're going to play him on Fitz any chance they get.

Doubt it. Finnegan will probably be on your slot WR the most with Bradley Fletcher matched up on Fitz and Janoris Jenkins on Andre Roberts. That's when you guys are in 3 WR sets. In 2 WR sets, he will be on Fitz. But most teams are in 3+ WR sets a higher percentage of the time than they are in 2 or less WR sets.

You're gonna play Cortland Finnegan on Early Doucet for 60% of the game?

What's amazing to me about the Cardinals is that their OT situation is possibly worse right now than the Rams but they just find a way to make it work. And right now, nobody is better at their job than Patrick Peterson.

Always helps when you've got Fitz out there. Seriously, you could line him up alongside a loaf of bread and that would be the best WR duo in the NFL._________________Wishlist for 2013: WR, FS, OL, OLB

I'm a little concerned Finnegan is gonna get in Roberts' head and get him to retaliate against Finnegan.

Nah, Roberts has never shown he'll fall for that. He's never been called for a personal foul that I know of. Extremely disciplined kid, military school. That's not a worry for me at all.

And I doubt Finnegan's on Roberts much anyway. They're going to play him on Fitz any chance they get.

Doubt it. Finnegan will probably be on your slot WR the most with Bradley Fletcher matched up on Fitz and Janoris Jenkins on Andre Roberts. That's when you guys are in 3 WR sets. In 2 WR sets, he will be on Fitz. But most teams are in 3+ WR sets a higher percentage of the time than they are in 2 or less WR sets.

You're gonna play Cortland Finnegan on Early Doucet for 60% of the game?

Ok. I'm good with that.

Yep, I was going to mention Doucet by name but I wasn't sure if he was healthy or not.

It's the way the defense is run. Finnegan is amazing in the slot and it allows him to be used in more of a joker type role to confuse the opposing QB. Plus, Bradley Fletcher is a borderline shutdown CB with the size to compete with Fitzgerald whereas Finnegan would have issues overcoming the size disadvantage.

It seems like a dumb strategy but it actually really works. Finnegan gives the slot WR all types of problems(and it allows him to blitz out of the slot) while Fletcher tends to pretty much shutdown the opposing team's big WR.

Typically, your best chance of completing passes are against soft zones, our safeties or our LBs because our CBs do a really great job when matched up M2M.

It'll be interesting to see how Fletcher does against Fitz but he did incredibly well against Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall when matched up against them._________________

KingBishop wrote:

JammerHammer21 wrote:

Jarvis looked like a slug on and off the field.

Off the field? Like when he is grocery shopping, does he block the freezer aisle with his sluggish selection of which hungry man to buy?

Other then the Patriots game this may be the toughest game for the Cardinals yet. Travelling on a short week traditionally has not gone well for the Cardinals. Bradford looks good when given time. I presume ray Horton will bring back the exotic blitzes and make the Rams establish a running game early. I am not impressed with what I have seen from the Rams O line in pass protection this season against the blitz. Dockett needs to play this game and eat blockers for the defense to get back on track. If the Cardinals don't soon establish a running game themselves they will be tasting defeat.

The way we move Fitz around and the number of snaps we give him in the slot we are going to see the Finnegan vs Fitzgerald matchup at some stage.

We know Fitz is either going to draw double teams and a lot of attention or he will get his. My worry is that if Fitz is taken away can Roberts win his matchup. He has done pretty well so far this season, we will see how he deals with Jenkins._________________
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I'm a little concerned Finnegan is gonna get in Roberts' head and get him to retaliate against Finnegan.

Nah, Roberts has never shown he'll fall for that. He's never been called for a personal foul that I know of. Extremely disciplined kid, military school. That's not a worry for me at all.

And I doubt Finnegan's on Roberts much anyway. They're going to play him on Fitz any chance they get.

Doubt it. Finnegan will probably be on your slot WR the most with Bradley Fletcher matched up on Fitz and Janoris Jenkins on Andre Roberts. That's when you guys are in 3 WR sets. In 2 WR sets, he will be on Fitz. But most teams are in 3+ WR sets a higher percentage of the time than they are in 2 or less WR sets.

You're gonna play Cortland Finnegan on Early Doucet for 60% of the game?

Ok. I'm good with that.

Yep, I was going to mention Doucet by name but I wasn't sure if he was healthy or not.

It's the way the defense is run. Finnegan is amazing in the slot and it allows him to be used in more of a joker type role to confuse the opposing QB. Plus, Bradley Fletcher is a borderline shutdown CB with the size to compete with Fitzgerald whereas Finnegan would have issues overcoming the size disadvantage.

It seems like a dumb strategy but it actually really works. Finnegan gives the slot WR all types of problems(and it allows him to blitz out of the slot) while Fletcher tends to pretty much shutdown the opposing team's big WR.

Typically, your best chance of completing passes are against soft zones, our safeties or our LBs because our CBs do a really great job when matched up M2M.

It'll be interesting to see how Fletcher does against Fitz but he did incredibly well against Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall when matched up against them.

The bolded is why I thought Finnegan would be on Roberts...didn't know the staff preferred him in the slot. Also, I'm feeling even better about Housler now that you reinforced the idea.

Bradley held Megatron to 12 yards on 2 catches. We probably have the best cover corners in the NFC. Our safeties is what makes look horrendous. Our LB's have also been lousy in the cover department. Surprising how teams TE's don't eat us alive. Fletch was a shutdown corner last year. Simply a luxury to have him as a 3rd cornerback..

Good luck jets.. A win vs you guys should make things so much interesting.._________________

I'm a little concerned Finnegan is gonna get in Roberts' head and get him to retaliate against Finnegan.

Nah, Roberts has never shown he'll fall for that. He's never been called for a personal foul that I know of. Extremely disciplined kid, military school. That's not a worry for me at all.

And I doubt Finnegan's on Roberts much anyway. They're going to play him on Fitz any chance they get.

Doubt it. Finnegan will probably be on your slot WR the most with Bradley Fletcher matched up on Fitz and Janoris Jenkins on Andre Roberts. That's when you guys are in 3 WR sets. In 2 WR sets, he will be on Fitz. But most teams are in 3+ WR sets a higher percentage of the time than they are in 2 or less WR sets.

You're gonna play Cortland Finnegan on Early Doucet for 60% of the game?

Ok. I'm good with that.

Yep, I was going to mention Doucet by name but I wasn't sure if he was healthy or not.

It's the way the defense is run. Finnegan is amazing in the slot and it allows him to be used in more of a joker type role to confuse the opposing QB. Plus, Bradley Fletcher is a borderline shutdown CB with the size to compete with Fitzgerald whereas Finnegan would have issues overcoming the size disadvantage.

It seems like a dumb strategy but it actually really works. Finnegan gives the slot WR all types of problems(and it allows him to blitz out of the slot) while Fletcher tends to pretty much shutdown the opposing team's big WR.

Typically, your best chance of completing passes are against soft zones, our safeties or our LBs because our CBs do a really great job when matched up M2M.

It'll be interesting to see how Fletcher does against Fitz but he did incredibly well against Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall when matched up against them.

The bolded is why I thought Finnegan would be on Roberts...didn't know the staff preferred him in the slot. Also, I'm feeling even better about Housler now that you reinforced the idea.

Here's to a good game and no injuries!

It would make sense but Janoris has no slot experience and you don't want to move a really talented rookie out of the spot where he's most comfortable. Can hurt his development. Plus Finnegan has a lot of experience in the slot, is quite elite in that position and as I said, it allows him to play a joker role.

All 3 of his ints have come out of the slot because when he's there, he's allowed more freedom to move around, confuse the QB and hand his man off if he knows where the ball is going.

As for Housler, if he's matched up against Laurinaitis, I wouldn't expect much. JL is one of the best cover LBs in the league but if he gets matched up against Dunbar, Dahl or Mikell, he could be a real headache. I hope Stewart is ready this week because he's better than Dahl and gave you guys a lot of problems last year.

khodder wrote:

The way we move Fitz around and the number of snaps we give him in the slot we are going to see the Finnegan vs Fitzgerald matchup at some stage.

We know Fitz is either going to draw double teams and a lot of attention or he will get his. My worry is that if Fitz is taken away can Roberts win his matchup. He has done pretty well so far this season, we will see how he deals with Jenkins.

Should be interesting then to see Fitz and Cortland go at it._________________

KingBishop wrote:

JammerHammer21 wrote:

Jarvis looked like a slug on and off the field.

Off the field? Like when he is grocery shopping, does he block the freezer aisle with his sluggish selection of which hungry man to buy?